Reports the resignation of Pam Wheelock as chief financial officer for the National Hockey League's Minnesota Wild. Career background; Job responsibilities as financial officer; Career plans after the resignation.

Reports that California governor Gray Davis has proposed for raising taxes in the state's budget. Possible benefits of the rise in taxes; Other proposals by the governor for the budget; Need for the budget's approval.

Reports the preference of legislature of tax increases over spending cuts to balance fiscal 2002ï¿½2003 budget in Nebraska. Percentage increase of the individual income tax; Repeal of the 1999 tax reduction; Lack of funds to meet a mandatory three surplus.

Reports on Great Britain's Inland Revenue, Department of Treasury, and the Customs and Excise Department's publication of a joint code of practice on budget consultations. Government's intention to consult on tax policy matters.

Reports on the reaction of local gaming officials and tax experts on the budget passed by the Nevada Legislature in 2003. Increase on the tax imposed on the gross gaming revenues of gaming operators; Scope of the tax component of the budget; Elimination of burdensome business taxes.

Suggests ways of updating the tax-budget mechanism, the framework and financial bases of federalism in Russia. Impact of the existing structure of the redistributive processes and the existing authority in Russia's economy on relations between budgets; Budget sharing approaches; Tendencies in...

Calls for the reduction of federal taxes in order to keep tax money in California. Imbalance between the taxes remitted by California to the federal government and the value of federal government's spending in California.